Saddler&#39;s chest



l.. B. CRAIG.

SADDLERS CHEST.

APPLICATION man Nov.s.192o.

Patnted-July 4, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

L. B. CRAIG.

SADDLERS CHEST.

APPLICATION FILED N0v.3. 1920.

. 1,421,916. Y Patented Ju1y4, 1922.

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SADDLERS GEEST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July d, 1922.

Application iiled November 3, 1920. Serial ITo. 421,609.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Louis B. CRAIG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Davenport, county of Scott, and State of Iowa, have invented an Improvement in Saddlers Chests, of which the following is a specification.

The invention described herein may be used by the Government, or any of its officers or employees in prosecution of work for the Government, or by any other person in the United States, without payment to me of any royalty thereon.

The subject of this invention is a saddlers chest.

The main object of the invention is the provision of a portable saddlers and harness makers outiit which will provide a work bench or stitching horse and a chest for tools and supplies so arranged as to be convenient to the hand of the Workman.

With these and other objects in view which will hereinafter more fully appear the invention resides in the novel arrangement and combination of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

One practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a chest constructed in accordance with the invention, showing the same in set-up position;

Fig. 2 is a front end elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the device in folded position, and

Fig. 4 shows the clamp socket in plan view and front elevation.

Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference:

In carrying out the invention I provide a chest 10 which may be reinforced by a Inetallic binding 11 secured along its edges and which is conveniently provided with handles l2 by means of which the chest may be lifted and transported.

One side of the chest is closed by doors 13-13 which are secured at their respective ends to the chest by hinges 14 so that the doors'may open to the front and rear ends of the chest respectively. These doors are intended to carry, on their inner faces, pockets or racks (not shown) for tools so that the tools may be convenient to the workman who works seated astride of the chest facing the front end thereof.

At each end of the chest a pair of legs 15 is attached by hinges 16 and the legs are provided with a pivot 17 on which is mounted one end of the tie brace 18, the other end of which is recessed or notched to take over the stud 19 carried by the opposite pair of legs. These tie-braces not only serve to brace and hold the legs when the chest is set-up but also retain the legs in folded position when the device is folded for storage, transportation or the like, as seen most clearly in Fig. 3.

Carried by the legs at the front end of the chest is a treadle 2O mounted on the pivot pin 21 and connected in the usual manner through a strap 22 with the resiliently opened jaw of the clamp 23 so that by depressing the treadle the jaws are closed to firmly hold the work. I

The clamp is secured on a plate or shank 21 adapted for detachable engagement with a socket 25 which is attached in any suitable manner to the front end of the chest. The clamp is detachably mounted so that it may be taken down and stored in the chest when not in use.

A rack 26 may be provided on the front legs 15 to present teeth between which the treadle may bc caught to hold it in depressed position and so retain the work in the clamp.

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new and ters Patent, is:

1. A chest, doors hinged at one side of the chest and opening toward respective ends thereof, legs attached to the respective ends of the chest and foldable upon the ends, braces for holding the legs in folded position and unfolded chest supporting position, a treadle pivoted to the legs at the forward end of the chest and a socket secured to the forward end of the chest for the reception of the shank of a clamp.

2. A chest, a pair of doors at one side of the chest and opening in opposite directions, legs hinged to respective ends of the chest desire to secure by Let? and foldable upon the ends, means for setheir respective ends, mee-ns for holding the curing the legs n folded and unfolded posilegs n folded or unfolded position, a treadle tion, a treadle pvoted to the forward legs pvoted to the forward legs, a clamp de- 10 and a socket secured to the forward end of tachuloly connected tothe forward end of 5 the chest. the chest und detachable clamp operating 3. A chest, legs connected to the forward means connecting the clam and treadle. and rear ends of the chest and foldable upon LOUI B. CRAIG. 

